Curly Sue wrote:

> On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 12:54:02 -0600, modom > wrote:
>
>
>>I propose that we exchange pictures of our kitchens. I'll start:
>>http://tinypic.com/jv1zxt.jpg
>>
>>Note that it's a mess. D and I usually keep it a little neater than
>>that, but not today.
>>
>>What does yours look like?
>>
>>
>>modom
>
>
> I've posted mine before, but here's how it is tonight.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9257s
>
I love it. Lots of good atmosphere there.

"~patches~" > wrote in message
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> MoM wrote:
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>> "~patches~" > wrote in
>> message ...
>>
>>>MoM wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"~patches~" > wrote in
>>>>message ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>MoM wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>><snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi Patches; you into Genealogy too? I've been doing
>>>>>>it for a few years and just found a marvelous source
>>>>>>for information on my Scots background. I've got all
>>>>>>kinds of info I couldn't find before.
>>>>>
>>>>>I've been into genealogy, mainly dabbling for about 10
>>>>>years then for the last 15 or so years, I've been into
>>>>>it hot and heavy. I'm a member of a few genealogy
>>>>>societies and have already published - not online
>>>>>publication. Now, I'm more than serious about it and do
>>>>>a fair amount of travelling for genealogy research.
>>>>>This is the normal time of year I will spend hours at a
>>>>>time researching, less so during the fall, and not a
>>>>>lot during the summer but still some. You know you
>>>>>have to take whatever opportunities you can get when
>>>>>researching. Don't forget even no results when
>>>>>searching is a result BTW, I lucked out today and
>>>>>managed to get a couple of images AND I made what
>>>>>promises to be one valuable contact. I'm happy!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Recipe:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -= Exported from BigOven =-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Branston Pickle
>>>>>
>>>>>Nice pickle recipe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It's odd, I'm 62 and I tried to get info from my mom,
>>>>dad, grandmother. Nothing led anywhere till I started
>>>>on the web. I have a fairly good history for my Dad's
>>>>family, not much for my grandmother, and just found a
>>>>great hord on scotlandspeople.com. You do have to pay,
>>>>but it's well worth it as I had nothing on my maternal
>>>>grandparents and families.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Once you get into genealogy, you will quickly realize you
>>>have to pay whether it for travel costs, photocopy costs,
>>>ordering certified copies of originals, and too many more
>>>to list. I love it. I've been at it today since about 6
>>>am with 2 short breaks. DH wants to go to his favourite
>>>burger haunt tonight. We are picking up the final
>>>goodies for our new stove so he figures I can play with
>>>the stove tomorrow. It will be a welcomed break as my
>>>eyes are quite tired already. I'll be back at tonight
>>>though.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, that's what I've found. What kind of new stove are
>> you getting? Mine should
>> arrive soon. It's a Jenn Air dual fuel, double oven. I
>> can't wait. The stove I'm
>> returning is still pumping soot all over everything.
>
> I already got my new stove - Jenn Air electric with grill.
> The model JES9860 comes with the grill and an open port so
> you can decide what type of burner cartridge you want, for
> an additional price and delivery time. We bought a floor
> model that was missing parts to the blower and the grill
> grates so we got a good deal. Getting parts wasn't
> difficult just time consuming. We couldn't decide
> whether we wanted 2 of the conventional coil cartridges or
> one conventional and one smoothtop. We wanted extra
> goodies like the half oven shelf and the large canning pot
> burner. We finally decided on the 2 conventional coil
> cartridges which arrived just in time for Christmas. The
> blower parts arrived just before we left for Nashville so
> DH installed them last Saturday. Yesterday, the grill
> grates arrived so tonight we are going to try our first
> meal using the grill. With any luck the large canning pot
> burner will be in before the end of the week then the
> stove will be the way I want it.
>
> The dual fuel sounds like a dream! I'll bet the dual fuel
> is more energy efficient too! We have both natural gas
> and electricity so could have done that but not for the
> price we got this stove for. Now a double oven model would
> really be nice! Lucky you! Is that a new stove you are
> returning?
>>
>>
>>
>>>>That recipe is one I worked on gradually over a few
>>>>years to approximate "The Branston Pickle" made by Cross
>>>>and Blackwell. It's always been a staple since I
>>>>married Jim, but it's so expensive here in Canada. So
>>>>now I've got it almost as close as i can and Jim's happy
>>>>and me too cause it doesn't cost near as much.
>>>
>>>Isn't it a good feeling when you can duplicate a recipe
>>>like that? Even better when you can save a little money
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It is! There one recipe I've never been able to make
>> properly. My Mom's sweet pickled
>> cauliflower. I've tried over the years and it never
>> comes out right.
>>
>> MoM
I had a countertop gas cooktop with grill and down draft. I
didn't like it. Whenever I had the downdraft on it seemed
to suck the heat away from the burners.

I hope you have success with yours.

That's a good way to buy major appliances because you get
the full warranty and they make it like new.

I did that with a Dacor once.

Oh, so yours is electric. My Dacor was electric, but I
wouldn't go back to it. I love a gas cooktop.

Sounds like your husbands very handy.

Yes it was a brand new GE Gas White on White.

I'll be so happy to get the new one.

Helen

"~patches~" > wrote in message
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> MoM wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>>If you are referring to the 1911 Canadian census, I'm
>>>painfully going through that right now. It isn't indexed
>>>by surname so you have to go through each division and
>>>then subdivision which in some cases can mean as many as
>>>30+ images. It is slow going. It is better on your eyes
>>>than microfilm but not by a whole lot!
>>
>>
>> Website please?
>
> I'll give you the main ArchiviaNet link to all their
> searchable databases. Census of Canada 1901 and 1911 are
> searchable by location not surname so you will have to go
> through each image. Census of Ontario 1871 is searchable
> by surname. ArchiviaNet is through the Library and
> Archives Canada. HTH
> http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/0201_e.html

Thanks!

On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:16:14 -0800, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

>As long as we don't show the contents of our fridges and freezers...or
>should we?

Heh. I wouldn't mind. Mine are usually nearly empty, because we shop
really often, so we don't keep a lot of stuff in storage. Our freezer
typically has only bread (half a dozen or so loaves) and ice cubes in
it.

serene

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:40:23 GMT, (Curly
Sue) wrote:

>
>I can't tell from the picture, but please, please tell me that the
>toaster is plugged into a GFCI outlet. I got nervous just looking at
>the photo!

No, it's not. (I had to look up what a GFCI outlet even is.) I guess
we're living dangerously, but I'll put it on the list of things to buy
when we have the money.

serene

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:53:06 -0800, serene >
wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:40:23 GMT, (Curly
>Sue) wrote:
>
>>
>>I can't tell from the picture, but please, please tell me that the
>>toaster is plugged into a GFCI outlet. I got nervous just looking at
>>the photo!
>
>No, it's not. (I had to look up what a GFCI outlet even is.) I guess
>we're living dangerously, but I'll put it on the list of things to buy
>when we have the money.
>
>serene

The GFCI itself is inexpensive but if you're not
electrically-inclined, the electrician will cost you. In the
meantime, you might at least consider relocating the toaster until you
get a GFCI receptacle! Seriously, what you have there is a disaster
waiting to happen.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Curly Sue wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:53:06 -0800, serene >
> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:40:23 GMT, (Curly
> >Sue) wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>I can't tell from the picture, but please, please tell me that the
> >>toaster is plugged into a GFCI outlet. I got nervous just looking at
> >>the photo!
> >
> >No, it's not. (I had to look up what a GFCI outlet even is.) I guess
> >we're living dangerously, but I'll put it on the list of things to buy
> >when we have the money.
> >
> >serene
>
> The GFCI itself is inexpensive but if you're not
> electrically-inclined, the electrician will cost you. In the
> meantime, you might at least consider relocating the toaster until you
> get a GFCI receptacle! Seriously, what you have there is a disaster
> waiting to happen.


GFCI aside... those recepticles shouldn't be located directly over the
sink... they need to be moved as far laterally as is feasible, and
still be GFCI. And even then there should be no electrical appliances
located on those shelves, NEVER, and no wires near that sink. That's
definitely an electrocution waiting to happen. One can only imagine
the terlit.

Curly Sue wrote:

> The GFCI itself is inexpensive but if you're not
> electrically-inclined, the electrician will cost you. In the
> meantime, you might at least consider relocating the toaster until you
> get a GFCI receptacle! Seriously, what you have there is a disaster
> waiting to happen.

James informs me that our outlets are indeed GFCI.

(Not moving the toaster oven, though. It's really the only place for
it in our kitchen, and I checked -- it would take a major effort to get
it off that shelf.)

serene

In article . com>, wrote:
>
>Curly Sue wrote:
>
>> The GFCI itself is inexpensive but if you're not
>> electrically-inclined, the electrician will cost you. In the
>> meantime, you might at least consider relocating the toaster until you
>> get a GFCI receptacle! Seriously, what you have there is a disaster
>> waiting to happen.
>
>James informs me that our outlets are indeed GFCI.
>
>(Not moving the toaster oven, though. It's really the only place for
>it in our kitchen, and I checked -- it would take a major effort to get
>it off that shelf.)

According to Murphy, if something *can* go wrong, it will.

Cheers, Phred.

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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:41:58 GMT, (Phred)
wrote:

>In article . com>, wrote:
>>

>>(Not moving the toaster oven, though. It's really the only place for
>>it in our kitchen, and I checked -- it would take a major effort to get
>>it off that shelf.)
>
>According to Murphy, if something *can* go wrong, it will.

Eh. Gotta die of something, and can't spend my life eliminating every
possible danger.

Besides, we plan to die in a bizarre sex-related accident, not a
kitchen mishap. ;-)

serene

On Sun 15 Jan 2006 05:49:39a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it serene?

> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:41:58 GMT, (Phred)
> wrote:
>
>>In article . com>,
wrote:
>>>
>
>>>(Not moving the toaster oven, though. It's really the only place for
>>>it in our kitchen, and I checked -- it would take a major effort to get
>>>it off that shelf.)
>>
>>According to Murphy, if something *can* go wrong, it will.
>
> Eh. Gotta die of something, and can't spend my life eliminating every
> possible danger.
>
> Besides, we plan to die in a bizarre sex-related accident, not a
> kitchen mishap. ;-)

Very possibly, that could be a "kitchen mishap". <g>


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In article >, serene > wrote:
>On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:41:58 GMT, (Phred)
>wrote:
>
>>In article . com>,
> wrote:
>
>>>(Not moving the toaster oven, though. It's really the only place for
>>>it in our kitchen, and I checked -- it would take a major effort to get
>>>it off that shelf.)
>>
>>According to Murphy, if something *can* go wrong, it will.
>
>Eh. Gotta die of something, and can't spend my life eliminating every
>possible danger.
>
>Besides, we plan to die in a bizarre sex-related accident, not a
>kitchen mishap. ;-)

Like that bloke found hanging from a doorknob wearing nothing other
than a noose?

Cheers, Phred.

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serene wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:41:58 GMT, (Phred)
> wrote:
>
>>In article . com>,
wrote:
>>>
>
>>>(Not moving the toaster oven, though. It's really the only place for
>>>it in our kitchen, and I checked -- it would take a major effort to get
>>>it off that shelf.)
>>
>>According to Murphy, if something *can* go wrong, it will.
>
> Eh. Gotta die of something, and can't spend my life eliminating every
> possible danger.
>
> Besides, we plan to die in a bizarre sex-related accident, not a
> kitchen mishap. ;-)
>
> serene

Can I join you? I guarantee I can add 10-13 points to the 'bizarre' quotient!

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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:16:02 GMT, The Bubbo >
wrote:

>serene wrote:

>> Besides, we plan to die in a bizarre sex-related accident, not a
>> kitchen mishap. ;-)
>>
>> serene
>
>Can I join you? I guarantee I can add 10-13 points to the 'bizarre' quotient!

There ya go!

serene

> wrote

> James informs me that our outlets are indeed GFCI.

Wouldn't you be able to tell from the reset button?

nancy

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:44:55 -0500, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>
> wrote
>
>> James informs me that our outlets are indeed GFCI.
>
>Wouldn't you be able to tell from the reset button?

Yeah, but he was in the room and I wasn't.

serene

Here's mine:
http://tinyurl.com/dll6u
http://tinyurl.com/8ljud

Nothing fancy, but functional. We hope that someday we can afford to
remodel it into our dream kitchen, but companies don't seem to give
raises anymore.

> wrote in message
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> Here's mine:
> http://tinyurl.com/dll6u
> http://tinyurl.com/8ljud
>
> Nothing fancy, but functional. We hope that someday we can afford to
> remodel it into our dream kitchen, but companies don't seem to give
> raises anymore.

I think it looks great. What more do you want?
Dee Dee

very nice!

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> wrote in message
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> Here's mine:
> http://tinyurl.com/dll6u
> http://tinyurl.com/8ljud
>
> Nothing fancy, but functional. We hope that someday we can afford to
> remodel it into our dream kitchen, but companies don't seem to give
> raises anymore.

wrote:

> Nothing fancy, but functional. We hope that someday we can afford to
> remodel it into our dream kitchen, but companies don't seem to give
> raises anymore.

You have the fridge of my desires!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

>I think it looks great. What more do you want?

Well, we'd like an island with a cooktop and sink, and we'd like to
remove the wall to the right of the fridge and get rid of the formal
dining room (which we never use) and have just a giant eat-in kitchen.

The Wolf range and hood that our friends have is a pipe dream for us
right now, but we'd like a good dishwasher. Our nearly-new Kitchenaid
SUCKS.

wrote:

> Here's mine:
> http://tinyurl.com/dll6u
> http://tinyurl.com/8ljud
>
> Nothing fancy, but functional. We hope that someday we can afford to
> remodel it into our dream kitchen, but companies don't seem to give
> raises anymore.

I don't know what your idea of a dream kitchen is but I think yours is
very warm and inviting. I like your cabinets!

L'Espérance wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > Here's mine:
> > http://tinyurl.com/dll6u
> > http://tinyurl.com/8ljud
> >
> > Nothing fancy, but functional. We hope that someday we can afford to
> > remodel it into our dream kitchen, but companies don't seem to give
> > raises anymore.
>
> I don't know what your idea of a dream kitchen is but I think yours is
> very warm and inviting. I like your cabinets!

Me too... I love anything naughty pine.

I especially like her nice big window over her sink... I think it
should be illegal (against building code) to make kitchens without at
least one big window.

Sheldon wrote:
>
> I especially like her nice big window over her sink... I think it
> should be illegal (against building code) to make kitchens without at
> least one big window.

I agree. When my ex and I built my present house (1969), the plans
called for the sink on an interior wall, and the stove under the double
window. Huh? That got changed first thing - sink under the window;
stove on interior wall.

My son wants to put in a microwave/exhaust fan combo to replace my old
exhaust fan over the stove - any bad experiences with those? He and
his wife have had them in their two homes so far, and really like the
arrangement.

N.

Nancy1 wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> >
> > I especially like her nice big window over her sink... I think it
> > should be illegal (against building code) to make kitchens without at
> > least one big window.
>
> I agree. When my ex and I built my present house (1969), the plans
> called for the sink on an interior wall, and the stove under the double
> window. Huh? That got changed first thing - sink under the window;
> stove on interior wall.
>
> My son wants to put in a microwave/exhaust fan combo to replace my old
> exhaust fan over the stove - any bad experiences with those? He and
> his wife have had them in their two homes so far, and really like the
> arrangement.

Great idea if you never use your stove... why would you want to have to
reach over hot pots to get to your microwave oven... and microwave
ovens as soon as they're built-n tend to die, then what.... the next
one won't fit into that space exactly without reworking some cabinetry.
I don't want my microwave oven any higher than directly on the
counter... more than once I've reached in to pull out a cup of reheated
coffee only for the handle to be too hot and auto-reflex made me drop
it, what a friggin' mess... what if it were a caserole dropping three
feet onto your stove top, what if only a coffee mug but you have a
glass top stove. And typically with an over the stove nuker you can no
longer use tall pots on your back burners. Nix the idea.

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:21:53 GMT,
" <> wrote:

>Here's mine:
>http://tinyurl.com/dll6u
>http://tinyurl.com/8ljud
>
>Nothing fancy, but functional. We hope that someday we can afford to
>remodel it into our dream kitchen, but companies don't seem to give
>raises anymore.

It's really sweet. And so roomy! What would be your remodel plans?

modom

>My son wants to put in a microwave/exhaust fan combo to replace my old
>exhaust fan over the stove - any bad experiences with those?

That's what we have. No problems with it.

>It's really sweet. And so roomy! What would be your remodel plans?

Well, assuming a big pile of money fell in our lap <g> we'd want a
grilltop and a nice big exhaust hood so that we can grill anytime.
It's really windy where we live, and grilling outdoors is pretty
unreliable.

A double oven would be great. 48" Wolf with 6 burners and a grill.

I make my own beer, and it's in kegs out in the garage, which is right
behind the kitchen wall! So, beer on tap in the kitchen would be
sweet.

A walk-in pantry.

But aside from all these luxuries, really the main thing we want to do
is open up the kitchen into a larger eat-in area.

I can't even imagine what it would cost.

If & when I ever get a kitchen like Martha Stewart's will post pics.

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:48:01 -0500, (ms. tonya)
wrote:

>If & when I ever get a kitchen like Martha Stewart's will post pics.

I've seen hers. I want to see yours!


modom

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:21:53 GMT,
" <> wrote:

> Here's mine:
> http://tinyurl.com/dll6u
> http://tinyurl.com/8ljud
>
> Nothing fancy, but functional.

My goodness, I could get lost in that ktichen!

> We hope that someday we can afford to
> remodel it into our dream kitchen, but companies don't seem to give
> raises anymore.

Time will tell....
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